IZenzo
4:1 Ke kaloku, njengoko bathethayo ebantwini, nababingeleli, nomthetheli webandla
etempileni, bafika abaSadusi phezu kwabo.
4:2 bebindekile ke ngenxa yokuba befundisa abantu, beshumayela iindaba ezilungileyo ngoYesu
uvuko lwabafileyo.
4:3 Babasa izandla, babafaka entolongweni, kwada kwaba lingomso;
bekungokuhlwa ngoku.
4:4 Ke kaloku into eninzi yabo babelivile ilizwi, yakholwa; kunye nenani le
amadoda lawo ngathi ngamawaka amahlanu.
4:5 Kwathi ngengomso, abathetheli babo, namadoda amakhulu, kwanabo
ababhali,
4:6 noAnas umbingeleli omkhulu, noKayafa, noYohane, noAlesandire, noAlesandire
Kwahlanganisana into eninzi yentsapho yombingeleli omkhulu
eYerusalem.
4:7 Bakuba bebamise phakathi, babebuza besithi, Ngamandla mani na?
nikwenze ngagama lini na le nto?
4:8 Uthe ke uPetros, ezele nguMoya oyiNgcwele, wathi kubo, Nina baphathi bebandla
abantu, namadoda amakhulu akwaSirayeli,
4:9 ukuba thina namhlanje siyacikideka ngomsebenzi omhle owenziwa kumntu ongenamandla, ngoko
kuthetha ukuthini ukuba uyaphiliswa;
4:10 makwazeke kuni nonke, nakubo bonke oonyana bakaSirayeli, ukuba ngomthetho
igama likaYesu Kristu waseNazarete, enambethelelayo emnqamlezweni nina, awamvusayo uThixo
ekwabafileyo; kungaye lo mntu emi apha phambi kwenu ephilile.
4:11 Nguye lo ilitye elenziwa into engento nini bakhi, elililo
ube yintloko yembombo.
4:12 Kananjalo usindiso alukho kuwumbi; kuba akukho gama limbi;
phantsi kwezulu elinikelweyo phakathi kwabantu, esimele ukusindiswa ngalo.
4:13 Ke kaloku, bakubona ukungafihlisikuthetha koPetros noYohane, bekwazi oko
bengabantu abangenamfundo, abangenakwazi, bamangaliswa; bathabatha
esazi, ukuba babekunye noYesu.
4:14 Bakumbona ke umntu emi nabo, yena lowo uphilisiweyo
ungathethi nto ngokuchasene nayo.
4:15 Bathi mabaphume entlanganisweni yamatyala, baphuma
bathetha bodwa,
4:16 besithi, Siya kubathini na aba bantu? Kuba okunene lowo ungummangaliso
Oko kuyenzeka kubo bonke abemi eYerusalem.
kwaye asinakuyikhanyela loo nto.
4:17 Ukuze ke ingahlakani ngakumbi phakathi kwabantu, masiyisongela kakhulu
ukuze bangabi sathetha nakubani ngeli gama.
4:18 Bebabizile ke, babathethela ngelithi, mabangabi sakhankanya nakanye, bangafundisi nokufundisa
egameni likaYesu.
4:19 Baphendula ke uPetros noYohane, bathi kubo, Kuphakathi na;
Amehlo kaThixo anivayo ngaphezu kokuva uThixo, yahluleni nina.
4:20 Kuba thina asinakuyeka ukuthetha izinto esizibonileyo, esizivileyo.
4:21 Bathe ke bona, beqokele ngokubasongela, babandulula befumene
kungekho nto bangababetha ngayo ngenxa yabantu, ngenxa yabantu bonke
bamzukisa uThixo ngoko kwakuhlile.
4:22 Kuba umntu lowo wayephiliswe ngaye lo mqondiso wokuphiliswa phezu kwakhe, ubengaphezu kweminyaka emashumi mane
waboniswa.
4:23 Ke kaloku, bakubon' ukuba bayendululwa ke, baya kwababo, babika oko konke
Ababingeleli abakhulu namadoda amakhulu babethe kubo.
4:24 Bathi ke bona, bakukuva oko, baphakamisa izwi kuThixo ngamxhelo mnye
wathi, Nkosi, wena unguThixo owalenzayo izulu nehlabathi;
nolwandle neento zonke ezikulo;
4:25 owathi ngomlomo kaDavide umkhonzi wakho, Bezithini na iintlanga?
Bacinga into engento, abantu bacinge into engeyakonto?
4:26 Ookumkani behlabathi besuka bema, Nabaphathi bahlanganisana ndawonye
ngokuchasene neNkosi, noKristu wayo.
4:27 Kuba, inyaniso, ngoNyana wakho ongcwele, uYesu, owamthambisayo,
kwanoHerode, noPontiyo Pilato, ndawonye nabeentlanga, kwanabantu bakulo
USirayeli wahlanganisana ndawonye.
4:28 ukuba benze izinto zonke ezamiswa ngenxa engaphambili sisandla sakho nalicebo lakho
kwenziwe.
4:29 Kaloku ke, Nkosi, zikhangele izisongelo zabo, ubanike abakhonzi bakho.
ukuze balithethe ilizwi lakho ngako konke ukungafihlisi;
4:30 Wosolula isandla sakho, uphilise; kwaye imiqondiso nezimanga zenzekile
makwenziwe ngegama lomntwana wakho ongcwele uYesu.
4:31 Bakubon' ukuba bakhungile, yazanyazanyiswa indawo ababehlanganisene kuyo
kunye; Bazaliswa bonke nguMoya oyiNgcwele, bathetha ke
ilizwi likaThixo lingafihlisi.
4:32 Ke kaloku inkitha yababekholiwe yayintliziyo-nye, imphefumlo mnye
akukho namnye ke owathetha nto ngezo zinto azenzileyo
yayiyeyakhe; baye badlelana zonke izinto.
4:33 Baye abapostile bekungqinela ngamandla amakhulu uvuko lwabafileyo
iNkosi uYesu; kwaye kukho ukubabalwa okukhulu kubo bonke.
4:34 Kwakungekho namnye phakathi kwabo, wayeswele;
ababenemihlaba, nokuba nezindlu, babethengisa ngazo, bewazisa amaxabiso empahla leyo
izinto ezithengisiweyo,
4:35 bawabeka ezinyaweni zabapostile;
elowo njengoko ebesukuba eswele ngako.
4:36 noYose, owathiwa ngokuba nguBharnabhas ngabapostile,* oko kukuthi,
ngentetho evakalayo, unyana wentuthuzelo), umLevi, nowelizwe lakwaSirayeli
Sayiprasi,
4:37 enomhlaba, wathengisa ngawo, wayizisa imali, wayibeka ecaleni
iinyawo zabapostile.